tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4797176281269170321.post3537857445137298816..comments2023-12-07T03:45:06.927-05:00Comments on Forks Off The Moment: Martin - a childhood memoryDiannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02946500110072411468noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4797176281269170321.post-70320518076564505852008-02-01T15:32:00.000-05:002008-02-01T15:32:00.000-05:00Hello again Dianne.I knew there was a reason I lik...Hello again Dianne.<BR/>I knew there was a reason I liked you. Just started to go back to some of your previous posts from today.<BR/>We have more in common than I thought. Some of my earliest memories are of my father's rants about "those people". He worked very hard at trying to get me to think as he did. Back in the 30's kids didn't talk back, they just listened to what their poarents said. I listened, but I can remember thinking, "My father must be crazy." He didn't confine his hatred to blacks either. If you weren't a WASP you weren't worth knowing. <BR/>Thanks for a great blog entry.bobbiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00658103343742852411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4797176281269170321.post-69018166154653780862008-01-23T08:32:00.000-05:002008-01-23T08:32:00.000-05:00thank you magnetbabe - It is frightening when you ...thank you magnetbabe - It is frightening when you hear children repeating the nonsense they hear at home - such pure clean slates being corrupted by ignorance.Diannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02946500110072411468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4797176281269170321.post-60924498647420358372008-01-22T19:26:00.000-05:002008-01-22T19:26:00.000-05:00This was a beautifully written post and such a lov...This was a beautifully written post and such a lovely story. I'm so frightened when I read about people growing up with hatred in their families and so relieved that you turned it around.Nataliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05344778775085687558noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4797176281269170321.post-58081706888533813772008-01-22T18:39:00.000-05:002008-01-22T18:39:00.000-05:00Thank you akelamalu - I'm glad you liked the post ...Thank you akelamalu - I'm glad you liked the post and very glad you found your way here - please come back :)<BR/><BR/>minnesotablue - you're welcome :)<BR/>Thankfully many of us who grew up in that time learned and grew from it. I can't imagine what my life would have been like had I listened to my father and not been inspired by Dr. King.Diannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02946500110072411468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4797176281269170321.post-20268841917859816482008-01-22T17:43:00.000-05:002008-01-22T17:43:00.000-05:00What a heartwarming post. I remember watching the ...What a heartwarming post. I remember watching the southern riots on television and was so shocked that people treated other people they way they did. That whole era continues to affect me in the way I judge people. It has made me more accepting of other people and their lifestyles and I have tried to pass this on to my children. Thank you for posting thisMinnesotabluehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09670914433184652900noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4797176281269170321.post-51825310012649746222008-01-22T15:45:00.000-05:002008-01-22T15:45:00.000-05:00I followed a link and found myself here. I'm glad ...I followed a link and found myself here. I'm glad I did, this post is wonderful.Akelamaluhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11234268568845148285noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4797176281269170321.post-6173498450818451712008-01-22T09:40:00.000-05:002008-01-22T09:40:00.000-05:00And Amen :)And Amen :)Mahalahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03428501380180444456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4797176281269170321.post-68283819248854025582008-01-22T08:38:00.000-05:002008-01-22T08:38:00.000-05:00Thank You guys :)The least that Martin deserved fr...Thank You guys :)<BR/><BR/>The least that Martin deserved from me was a personal story, he was a force for good in my life.<BR/><BR/>Few people know about all the lyrics to "We Shall Overcome". I didn't. Right after 9/11 I heard a group of young women sing the entire song in Union Square. They were there because one of them had lost her Mom in the towers. People had just gathered there to leave flowers. I will never forget those women or how proud I was of NYers that night.Diannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02946500110072411468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4797176281269170321.post-38271019291085612982008-01-22T03:25:00.000-05:002008-01-22T03:25:00.000-05:00Wow! The first part of the post when you were in ...Wow! The first part of the post when you were in school reminded me of book I read in grade school "Waiting for Alice".<BR/><BR/>But the listing of the song just about made me tear up!<BR/><BR/>Thank you for a truly beautiful post.Debo Bluehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17870178701012520680noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4797176281269170321.post-20117891188434732572008-01-22T02:43:00.000-05:002008-01-22T02:43:00.000-05:00beautiful post.beautiful post.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4797176281269170321.post-54162312597678410622008-01-21T15:21:00.000-05:002008-01-21T15:21:00.000-05:00Agreed! With both your post and the above comments...Agreed! With both your post and the above comments. Born and raised in a tiny coal mining village -in the north -where there were no black people for at least 20 plus miles from here, my exposure was limited, to say the least. However, when I was in 2nd grade, I went to Jamestown, NY to live with my mom's older sister and her husband for a little over a year and that was the first I met a black girl, my age, in school and we hit it off - got along great! Thus, I could never comprehend how some people could hate so vociferously - even people they'd never met! And all because of the color of their skin. The funny thing about this is I didn't realize until much later that I grew up in my own segregated society here in this village with its divides by ethnicity and religion when I was a kid. Thankfully, here, that has pretty much disappeared now, if only the other hostility factors would go away too! Change has come about - just not enough.<BR/>By the way - I thoroughly enjoyed you other posts directly below here that I somehow missed over the weekend. Must have been asleep or something, huh?Jenihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16425701332785470116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4797176281269170321.post-3023697534057541932008-01-21T14:31:00.000-05:002008-01-21T14:31:00.000-05:00Dianne: A very fine post! I was talking to a frien...Dianne: A very fine post! I was talking to a friend of mine from Texas who is in her late 70's while CNN was running the "MLK Papers" feature. It is horrifying to watch the old 1960's era footage of police brutality with fire hoses turned on black people and attack dogs turned loose on them. It seems to me the re-opening of the many unsolved Civil Rights Era crimes is a positive move and that the era of hate is quietly dying away. We still have a way to go before Dr. King's vision is articulated. Many do not realize that his "I Have A Dream Speech--one of the most profound--was delivered extemporaneously; at the last moment he put aside his written text. He was an incredible man.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16539850495318868267noreply@blogger.com